Critical Analysis of Media Discourse
1. Select a news story about an issue related to social work from a major Canadian news provider .
2. Compose a four to five page paper that answers the following questions about the news story you choose:
What lexical choices did the writer make and how did they affect the overall meaning of the text?
Are issues represented in a binary fashion or are readers given multiple and nuanced options for understanding the news story? Explain/justify all elements of your response.
Who is quoted in the news story? Whose voices are excluded? Are those most affected by the events in the news story given voice ? Explain the impacts for those that are included and for those that may be excluded.
